OLYMPIA -- The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has scheduled
three public meetings in April to present and discuss a plan to protect and restore Puget
Sound's stocks of rockfish, lingcod, sole and other groundfish species.

The draft Puget Sound Groundfish Management Plan proposes conservative
and ecosystem-based management principles for the groundfish stocks, many of which
are in very poor condition.

The draft plan provides the framework for developing more specific management
and restoration efforts.